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GEORGEHERGESHEIMER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELFAND CORNELIUS V. FORT, OF SAME PLACE;-

team jatent' No. 74,224, dated February 11, 1868.

IMPROVED, BRUSH-BRIDE.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, Gnome Hsncnsnnnunn, of the cityand county ofPhiladelphia'and State of Penn- .sylvania have invented a new andimproved Brush-Bridlef and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation: ofthe same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, making apart of this specification, in which-F Figure 1 is a perspective view ofa brush with my bridle attached. I

Figure 2 is.a perspective view of a brush with my bridle'attached, butmade in a diflercnt form.

Figures 3 and 4 are views of my bridle detachedfrom the brushes. p

The object of my invention is to overcomethe diificulty experienced bypainters and others in'regnlating the stifi'n'ess ofthe bristles oftheir brushes, and, at the same time, toobtain proper flexibility, whichcannot be done by the present process of bridling with twine or wirewithout great loss of time. It is also to prevent brushes from becomingfoul, or the dropping of paint from the brush.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willnowjproceed to describe its construction and operation.

I make my bridle in two forms-A and B, figs. 3 and 4. l3ridle Ais madein a circular form, and of vulcanized or soft rubber, of a thicknessof'ahout one-sixteenth of an inch, the length and diameter of asuflicient size to suit. the brush to which it is to be applied. BridleB is made of the same material and in the same manner, with theexception that, at the lower end, I forth a suction-cup, S (Land flange,F L, to catch thepaint or other material, when the brush is being used,in a position to cause it (the paint) to flow towards the handle. When abrush is procured'new, it has to be bridled from one tonne and a. halfinch below what is calledby the trade the made part of the brush. Thisis now done by twine. Now, it becomes necessary, when the brush is inconstant use, to unbridle and bridle twice a day. If this is neglectedthe brush mats and fouls, and, in a short time, wears out in the centre'and becomes useless. Anotherinconvenience is the continual change neces-.sary to regulate the brush 'to the style of painting, some workrequiring a stifiland othera loosebrush, there fore causing greatinconvenience and loss of time, by the bridling and unbridling, toregulate it. All this I entirely overcome.-

. Another advantage of my invention is the spring given to the brush,and the expansion allowed by the elasticity of the rubber. When a. brushhas been used, and left over night without cleaning,-the water in whichthe brushes are allowed to'remain swells the twine, and draws thebristles up tight, and makes the brush hard and d-iflicult to clean.

The advantages of the above-described suction-cup S C and flange F Lareiobvious. In painting ceilings, or work where it is necessary to havethe brush at a higher point than the handle, the paint is apt to rundown tbe'handle of the brush and drop off on the floor or carpet. Now,by my arrangement, the material will fall on flange FL, and thence flowinto cup SO, and remain until the bridle is removed.

In applying the'bridle, the handleof the brush is inserted, andthebridle drawn down over the shoulder, until it assumes the positionshownin figs. 1 and 2,'thc stilfncss of the bristles being regulated byraising or lowering thebridle. v

Having thus described my invention, its construction and operation, whatIclainr as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent of the UnitedStates, is i r The arrangement of brush-bridle B, with the suction-cup SG and flangeF L, constructed and operating in the manner and for thepurpose as herein set forth and described.

GEORGE HERGESHEIMER. Witnesses:

SAMUEL L. TAYLOR,

OnAnLEs H. Evans.

